Macrismo Realizes Their Reelection is in Jeopardy and Asks for a Blank Check
The administration of Mauricio Macri has made critical mistakes, and faces a difficult road to reelection, but now they are failing to make the case to the Argentine people that they have a credible plan.
By Marcelo Duclos Last Updated Apr 11, 2019
Mauricio Macri is having a hard time making the case that he is the man to lead Argentina past its economic woes (PanAm Post).
When the “gradualist” wing won the brawl at the small table of Cambiemos, the political project was proposed as an eight-year program. The most optimistic were encouraged to even speak of “at least” eight years. In those days, at the beginning of 2016, the public image of Mauricio Macri was solid and only the Kirchnerists posed a radical opposition to a new and well-regarded political force.
But the complicated Kirchnerist legacy, underestimated by a government that also overestimated its capabilities and virtues, took away the humble achievements of Macrismo in its first two years. Since 2018, Argentina has once again fallen into crisis and recession, and the rates of poverty and inflation have now put in check the second term that until recently was taken for granted. Without “Plan B” on the table, the ruling party aspires to mere survival and control of the dollar, to avoid a new run on the currency that would eviscerate the possibilities that it has left.
The statistics received by the government show the complexity of the situation and several high-ranking officials are already presenting themselves with new strategies seeking to reverse the situation. In the day to day, Patricia Bullrich and Marcos Peña made it clear that the ruling party can not continue underestimating the situation and the discontent.
Bullrich’s warning
Bullrich, current Minister of Security, is one of the members of Macri’s cabinet with the best image in Cambiemos. Her proactive profile and her frank statements generally find a positive reception with a big chunk of the electorate. In the midst of a washed-out, politically correct, and unkempt officialism, Bullrich manages to stand out more than her fellow ministers. She’s even been suggested as a running mate to accompany Macri on the presidential ticket, but the powerful Radical Civic Union party is maintaining its claim on that spot.
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